Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumber- land. At 9.20 on the morning of the 20th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel had reported that she was making water fast and needed help. No precise details of her position were given, but she was believed to be be- tween Burmouth and Berwick. At 9.32 the life-boat William and Mary Durham was launched at low water in a gentle northerly breeze and a calm sea. On reaching open water the coxswain saw the fishing vessel, which was about half a mile south-east of Berwick pier. She was well down in the water. She had no pump, and her crew of four were baling with buckets. She managed to make slight headway with her engine running very slowly, and the life-boat escorted her to Berwick, where she was pumped dry by the local fire brigade.

The life-boat returned to her station at 11.30. Rewards to the crew, £8; re- wards to the helpers on shore, £1 4s..